UNITED STATES v. HUGHES

No. 79-1428.

626 F.2d 619 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald Wayne HUGHES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Griffin, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Portland, Or., for defendant-appellant.

Peter Robinson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DUNIWAY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Hughes appeals on various grounds from his conviction for conversion of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641, and for violations of the Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1331-1340. We affirm.

I.

The Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act (the Act) was enacted to preserve and protect "wild free-roaming horses and burros" on the public lands of the United States. See 16 U.S...

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